Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five (内山田洋とクール・ファイブ, Uchiyamada Hiroshi to Kūru Faibu) are a Japanese kayōkyoku group, formed by Hiroshi Uchiyamada (born Michio Uchiyamada, 1936–2006) in 1967 and fronted by the lead vocalist Kiyoshi Maekawa.

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Hiroshi Uchiyamada and Cool Five
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Also known as	Kiyoshi Maekawa and Cool Five Cool Five
Origin	Japan
Genres	Kayōkyoku, enka, pop
Years active	1967–1990s 2006–present
Labels	Victor Entertainment BMG Japan
Members	Kiyoshi Maekawa Etsuro Miyamoto Masaki Kobayashi Masashi Osawa Ryoma Nishida Tetsuya Yamagami
Past members	Hiroshi Uchiyamada Takayuki Miyauchi Shigemi Iwaki Shigeru Morimoto

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In 1969, the group debuted with the 11th Japan Record Award-winning song "Nagasaki wa Kyou mo Ame datta".^[1] They enjoyed a highly successful career mainly during the first half of the 1970s, producing numerous hit singles including "Awazu ni Aishite", "Uwasa no Onna","Soshite, Kōbe", "Nakanoshima Blues" and "Tokyo Sabaku". They lost popularity after the departure of their frontman in the late 1980s, and their career went into hiatus after the band lineup was radically altered around the 1990s.

After the band's founder died of lung cancer in 2006, the remaining members, including Maekawa, reunited.^[2][3]